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noun
The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English base English nucleobase From nucleo- + base.
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